1824. Amount brought over, Dec. Received for freights on board Abel Pearson's schooner from Richmond, chartered to convey the emigrants from Richmond and Charles City County, viz. $1886 94 3 75 9 82 From Mr. Brand, for 3 hhds. tobacco, Crane, for sundries, Collected in Norfolk by the Colonization Society, 186 38 Deduct from the above, 5 per cent. on $73 50 re- Add to the above, the sum of Fifty Dollars, ad- 2086 89 3 67 2083 22 50 00 NOTE. In these charges, the freight from Richmond is included. I put them at $12 freight to Liberia. APPENDIX. PAPERS A. Constitution of the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States. ARTICE 1. This Society shall be called, "The American Society for colonizing the Free People of colour of the United States." ARTICLE 2. The object to which its attention is to be exclusively directed, is to promote and execute a plan for colonizing (with their consent) the free people of colour, residing in our country, in Africa, or such other place as Congress shall deem most expedient. And the Society shall act, to effect this object, in co-operation with the general government, and such of the states as may adopt regulations upon the subject. ARTICLE 3. Every citizen of the United States, who shall subscribe these articles, and be an annual contributor of one dollar to the funds of the Society, shall be a member. On paying a sum not less than 30 dollars, at one subscription, shall be a member for life. ARTICLE 4. The officers of this Society shall be, a President, thirteen Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Recorder, and a Board of Managers, composed of the above named officers, and twelve other members of the Society. They shall be annually elected by the members of the Society, at their annual meeting on new year's day, (except when that happens to be the Sabbath, and then the next day) and continue to discharge their respective duties till others are appointed, ARTICLE 5. It shall be the duty of the President to preside at all meetings of the Society and of the Board of Managers, and to call meetings of the Society, and of the Board, when he thinks necessary, or when required by any three members of the Board. ARTICLE 6. The Vice Presidents, according to seniority, shall discharge these duties in the absence of the President. ARTICLE 7. The Secretary shall take minutes of the proceedings, prepare and publish notices, and discharge such other duties as the Board, or the President, or in his absence the Vice President, according to seniority, (when the Board is not sitting) shall direct. And the Recorder shall record the proceedings and the names of the members, and discharge such other duties as may be required of him. ARTICLE 8. The Treasurer shall receive and take charge of the funds of the Society, under such security as may be prescribed by the Board of Managers; keep the accounts, and exhibit a statement of receipts and expenditures at every annual meeting, and discharge such other duties as may be required of him. ARTICLE 9. The Board of Managers shall meet on the first Monday in January, the first Monday in April, the first Monday in July, and the first Monday in October, every year, and at such other times as the President may direct. They shall conduct the business of the Society, and take such measures for effecting its object as they shall think proper, or shall be directed at the meetings of the Society, and make an annual report of their proceedings. They shall also fill up all vacancies occurring during the year, and make such by-laws for their government as they may deem necessary, provided the same are not repugnant to this constitution. ARTICLE 10. Every Society which shall be formed in the United States to aid in the object of this association, and which shall co-operate with its funds for the purposes thereof, agreeably to the rules and regulations of this Society, shall be considered auxiliary thereto, and its officers shall be entitled to attend and vote at all meetings of the Society, and of the Board of Managers. Form of a Constitution for Auxiliary Societies. ART. 1. This Society shall be called the Colonization Society, and shall be auxiliary to the American Colonization Society. ART. 2. The object to which its views shall be exclusively directed is the colonization, on the coast of Africa, with their own consent, of the free people of colour of the United States; and this Society will contribute its funds and efforts to the attainment of that object, in aid of the American Colonization Society. ART. 3. The officers of this Society shall be a President, two Vice Presidents, twelve Managers, a Secretary, and Treasurer, who shall also be members of the Board of Managers; all of whom shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Society; and shall have power to fill up all vacancies occurring during the year. ART. 4. Every person who shall subscribe his name to this constitution, and pay annually or upwards, to the Treasurer, shall be a member of the Society; and every person who shall at any one time, subscribe and pay dollars, or upwards, shall be a member for life. ART. 5. The Society shall meet annually at |